St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-03

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treated, as a father would a naughty
child, or shall he stand upon that point
of dignity, that point of etiquette, which
says: 81 cannot grant an unasked petit
titiOn." Now, you readily see that that
is very good point, and to man of
Oglesby's tender heart, embarrassed
somewhat by his level head, it is point
which rankles, and nettles, and stirs,
and disturbs him nine hours in every
ten wakeful hou?s. The press of Chi
cagO, which means, of course, the press
of the state, is united in the demand
that the execution of the sentence shall
proceed. The unanimity with which
the editors of these often pugnacious,
belligerent, and hand to hand fighting
journals stand shoulder to shoulder in
the expression of
A Common Opinion
that state mercy would be state suicide,
and that state weakness, hesitancy,
timidity on this occasion would be state
cOwardice, is delightful to witness; and
that the judge who tried the cause
should be cheered and cOmplimented
along his not particularly pleasant path
just now by the confirmation of his
state appellate court, and by the virtual
Endorsement oi the supreme court of the
United States, goes without saying.
That the attorney general of the state,
and more especially the gallant soldier
of the people, States Attorney Grinnell,
should feel as though cubit had been
added to his stature, the country may
well believe. History, or at all events,
local annals, will preserve for all time
tho record of that mans courage, fidelity
to what he believed right, ineXhaustible
resource, and utter insensibility to dan
ger. Already the seal of commendation
has been set upon his record by his fell
low citizens, who, without regard for
party, have unanimously said to him,
sitting at comparatively low place at
the table. "Come up higher" and those
who were associated with him are alsOin
the line of immediate preferment. But,
so far as Chicago is concerned, it is now
approaching step by step the supreme
hour which will test to the very utmost
limit its courage, its firmness, its loyalty
to itself. Fortunate is it that in its
chief magistrate it has not only popu-
lar politician. but man grounded in
the principles of self-respect, which
make him loyal and faithful TO his pub
lie trust.
Mayor Roche,
Aided and abetted by Sheriff Matson,
Chief of Police Ebersol and their vari-
Gus subordinates, is obviously the man
for the emergency. In every essential
he and the city are prepared, and, al
though by fortuitOus coincidence, sun
dry troops of the United States are gath
ering here, there is no belief that any
tumultuous danger will make their em-
plOyment necessary on the day of exc
cution.
With the announcement of the decis-
ion of the supreme court of the United
States came upon the minds of the local
authorities the necessity for immediate
preparation. Initial steps were taken,
to-day. 1t has been decided that all
traffic on the day of the execution within
one block of the criminal court building
will be rigidly prohibited. Cordons of
police, aided by the local militia, will
form solid columns along the intersect-
ing streets, and to all except actual resi-
dents in that locality passage through
the lines will be impossible during that
day.
The Execution
will unquestionably take place at an
early hour in the morning, and beyond
the general idea that the men, howso-
ever many there may be, whether seven,
or six, or five, will be divided into two
patches, nothing in detail has yet been
determined.
-Four applications have been received,
from New York city by men desiring
the cheerful office of hangman, but that
eminence, it is understood, will be
to citizen of Chicago, who,
it is hoped, will practice somewhat upon
inanimate subjects prior to the time
when he must try his ambitious hand
upon the throats of so many of his fell
low beings, and that all things may be
conducted decently and in order is the
firm prayer of every citizen of this inn
perial state. That bunglings and mang-
lings and infelicitouS blunderings may
be avoided must be the desire of every
citizen of all states, for that this point
will be the point toward which the eyes
of christendom Will from thence on be
turned, is as certain as that on this clear
day the sun of forgotten
June is shining with healing in its
beams. 10 HOWARD, Jr.